Thursday, April 18, 2024

Forest conservation might be an even more important climate solution than we realize: Study

According to a new study published in the journal Nature Climate Change late last month, sequestering carbon dioxide is only one of the crucial climate-regulating attributes inherent to the world’s forests.

Widely-opposed pipeline ‘confirms worst fears’ after two spills into Ohio wetlands

“Construction on the Rover Pipeline must be stopped immediately, as an investigation into Energy Transfer's total failure to adequately protect our wetlands and communities is conducted.”

Tribunal judges: Monsanto violates basic human rights to a healthy environment

Companies that cause damage to health, food and healthy environment should and will be held accountable for their actions.

‘Horific’: Two-thirds of Great Barrier Reef damaged in ‘unprecedented’ bleaching

Combating global warming is really the only way to help protect the rest of this coral.

‘We can save life on Earth’: study reveals how to stop mass extinction

A global biodiversity analysis shows which areas are most in need of conservation and urges protection of half the planet’s terrestrial ecosystems.

Tribal members in Oklahoma defeat natural gas pipeline company

Federal court orders removal of natural gas pipeline in Oklahoma for trespassing on original Kiowa Indian lands.

How climate change ensures hotter weather as new normal for Boston Marathon

The Boston Marathon serves as an apt metaphor for the future challenges of a hotter planet.

The key to feeding the world? It’s healthy soil

Conventional farming practices that degrade soil health undermine humanity’s ability to continue feeding everyone over the long run.

GMO crops, bee-killing insecticides to be banned on Boulder County-owned land

“Let’s acknowledge: This is not an easy issue; it‘s not a simple one.”

How to turn neighborhoods into nubs of resilience

Three places showing how to make the transition from domination and resource extraction to regeneration and interdependence.